1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team

American college football season

1974 Ole Miss Rebels football

Conference| Southeastern Conference
Record| 3–8 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach|

* Ken Cooper (1st season)

Home stadium| Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

Seasons

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1975 ->

1974 Southeastern Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 5 Alabama $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 8 Auburn | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 2  | - | 0
Georgia | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 0
No. 17 Mississippi State | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 15 Florida | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
Kentucky | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
No. 20 Tennessee | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 2
Vanderbilt | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 2
LSU | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 1
Ole Miss | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season.[1] The Rebels were led by first-year head coach Ken Cooper and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in last. The Rebels opened the season with an upset of Missouri,[2] but the rest of the season went very poorly, as the team went winless in conference play and finished with a record of 3–8, the school's first losing season since 1949.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 14| No. 18 Missouri*|

* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
* Jackson, MS

| W 10–0| 38,500| [3]
September 21| at Memphis State*|

* Memphis Memorial Stadium
* Memphis, TN (rivalry)

| L 7–15| 50,164| [4]
September 28| Southern Miss*|

* Hemingway Stadium
* Oxford, MS

| W 20–14| 29,000| [5]
October 5| No. 3 Alabama|

* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
* Jackson, MS (rivalry)

| L 21–35| 45,500| [6][7]
October 12| at Georgia|

* Sanford Stadium
* Athens, GA

| L 0–49| 48,500| [8]
October 19| South Carolina*|

* Hemingway Stadium
* Oxford, MS

| L 7–10| 32,800| [9]
October 26| at Vanderbilt|

* Dudley Field
* Nashville, TN (rivalry)

| L 14–24| 30,875| [10]
November 2| at LSU|

* Tiger Stadium
* Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)

| L 0–24| 66,728| [11]
November 16| vs. Tennessee|

* Memphis Memorial Stadium
* Memphis, TN (rivalry)

| L 17–29| 50,515| [12]
November 23| vs. Mississippi State|

* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
* Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)

| L 13–31| 46,500| [13]
November 30[A 1]| at Tulane*|

* Tulane Stadium
* New Orleans, LA (rivalry)

| W 26–10| 21,628| [14]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Notes

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1. ^ The game against Tulane was originally scheduled for September 7, but was postponed to the end of the season due to the threat of Hurricane Carmen along the Louisiana coast.

## References

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1. ^ "1974 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results".
2. ^ "FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Ole Miss - Missouri 1974 - Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
3. ^ "Ole Miss stuns Missouri, 10–0". Hattiesburg American. September 15, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Tigers make it two in row over Rebs". The Commercial Appeal. September 22, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Ole Miss storms back to trim Southern 20–14". The Clarion-Ledger. September 29, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ McKenzie, Mike (September 22, 1974). "52 to zero: What more can anybody say?". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1B. Retrieved July 5, 2014 - via Google News Archives.
7. ^ "Alabama rolls to 52–0 win". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. September 22, 1974. p. B2. Retrieved July 5, 2014 - via Google News Archives.
8. ^ "Georgia crushes Mississippi 49–0". Tallahassee Democrat. October 13, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "USC wins first". Anderson Independent/Daily Mail. October 20, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Vandy decks Rebels 24–14". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 27, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "LSU routs Rebels for Mac's 100th". The Daily Advertiser. November 3, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Vols keep bowl hopes alive, topple Rebels". Kingsport Times-News. November 17, 1974. Retrieved May 8, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Mississippi State rallies to down Ole Miss". The Commercial Appeal. November 24, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Ole Miss Rebs calm Tulane Green Wave". Clarion-Ledger. December 1, 1974. Retrieved October 18, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.

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Ole Miss Rebels football

Venues|

* Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present)
* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1953–1996)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Alabama
* Arkansas
* Auburn
* LSU: Magnolia Bowl
* Memphis
* Mississippi State: Egg Bowl
* Tulane
* Vanderbilt

Culture & lore|

* History
* Billy Cannon's Halloween run
* Colonel Reb
* Rebel Black Bear
* Tony the Landshark
* "Forward Rebels"
* The Pride of the South
* The Grove
* The Blind Side

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